Tag Archives: Liturgy

A Sarum Question

Posted on Monday, 20 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A correspondent wrote to me with a question on the Use of Sarum. At solemn high Mass ad usum Sarum, where was the Gospel proclaimed? And facing which direction? And do you know the origin of the Anglican tradition of … Continue reading →

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Does Christianity need Liturgy?

Posted on Sunday, 19 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The question has been in my mind since I read Mosebach’s book and gave some general comments in Mosebach’s Heresy of Formlessness. What kind of Church would there be if there were no liturgy? Mosebach has a captivating anecdotal style, describing … Continue reading →

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Mosebach’s Heresy of Formlessness

Posted on Friday, 17 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A month ago, I wrote Does the Liturgy ever Exist in a Natural State? and this project brought me to buy Martin Mosebach’s book The Heresy of Formlessness. I have just finished reading it. Though an accomplished novelist and writer, Mosebach … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Article on the O Antiphons

Posted on Monday, 23 December, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The Great Antiphons… I am very heartened to see Patricius’ blog re-activating. May the flower continue to open! Today in the Use of Sarum is the last one (since we sing O Sapientia on 16th December instead of the 17th … Continue reading →

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Does the Liturgy ever Exist in a Natural State?

Posted on Wednesday, 18 December, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

On reading Dale’s comment in my previous posting asking me whether I would develop my response to Rubricarius as a full posting, I gave the matter thought. The question is really how the liturgy “lives” in the life of the … Continue reading →

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The Golden Mass

Posted on Tuesday, 17 December, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Ember Wednesday of Advent comes up tomorrow. In the middle-ages, it was usually the custom to transfer feasts away from Rorate Wednesday. John XXIII happily restored the predominance of the Advent Ember Days in 1961, but they were done away … Continue reading →

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Liturgy Without Ideology

Posted on Saturday, 7 December, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I remember a conversation with the Abbot of Triors in about 1997 when he insisted on the value of monastic life in transcending the lines of division in Christian communities, whether they be dioceses, parishes, monasteries, groups defined by ideology … Continue reading →

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Roman Uniformity

Posted on Saturday, 30 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr John Hunwicke is active again in his blog Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment. He is one of the highest profile Anglo-Catholic priests from the Church of England to have become a pillar of the English Ordinariate. I esteem and respect … Continue reading →

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How the Use of Sarum Shaped a Village Church

Posted on Friday, 29 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just found this on the New Liturgical Movement, a blog that is quite rich in articles on medieval liturgies – How the Sarum Rite Shaped the Art and Architecture of a Country Church in Devon. The village in … Continue reading →

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A Better Sarum Calendar

Posted on Tuesday, 26 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I forgot about this very important source of Sarum material, especially the Office. Sarum Chant It includes the Calendar – 2013 for Advent and up to 31st December 2013 and 2014 from 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2014. The … Continue reading →

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